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VIETNAM

Luong Cuong elected president

Luong Cuong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and permanent member of the CPV Central Committee Secretariat, was elected Vietnam's president on Monday, local media reported. All the 440 deputies who attended the parliament session on Monday voted to elect Cuong, 67.

UNITED STATES

2 Navy aviators killed in jet crash

Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the US Navy said on Sunday. The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The cause of the crash is still being investigated, the Navy said. Last year, eight US Air Force service members were killed when a CV-22B Osprey aircraft they were flying in crashed off the coast of Japan.

Agencies - Xinhua